US Congress mulls funds to tackle Agent Orange in Vietnam

The United States Congress is considering voting in funds next
year to help Vietnam clean areas heavily contaminated by toxic
defoliant Agent Orange, a US official said in Hanoi."We are going to provide assistance to help clean up sites where dioxin
continues to pose serious health threats to people living there," said Tim
Rieser, aide to Democrat senator Patrick Leahy.

"We also want to look for ways to extend assistance to people with
disabilities," he told journalists in Hanoi.